Field of Dreams and Broken Fences

Delving into the Mystery World of Non-League Football

Aaron Moore

• Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
• eBook ISBN:
  9781801502214
• Year: 2022

Fields of Dreams and Broken Fences lifts the lid on the little-known world of non-league football. From being hours away from folding in the Essex Senior League and turning semi-professional because of YouTube to dropping out of the Football League and trying to find a way back, this book shines a vital spotlight on clubs from various levels of the National League System and shares their stories. The tales include the dramatic null-and-void decision of the 2019/20 season, Chichester City making history in the FA Cup, Leyton Orient and Notts County battling to get back into the Football League, Hashtag United turning semi-professional and Steve Castle, the former professional player, returning to the lower levels to pursue a career in management. Filled with compelling stories from multiple sides of the game, Fields of Dreams and Broken Fences brings non-league football to life as it delves beneath the surface of the lower levels of the English game. This book is written for the love of football.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Foreword
• 1. Null and Void
• 2. Dark Times
• 3. Keeping a Foot In
• 4. Up for the Cup
• 5. The Fifth Tier
• 6. True Blue
• 7. Mind the Gap
• 8. The Changing Face
• 9. Counting Clean Sheets
• 10. Community
• 11. Playing the Field
• 12. The Rise of the Wanderers
• 13. Building for the Future
• Photos